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# [Does Hashing Make Text Look Random?](https://vishwaksen.hashnode.dev/does-hashing-make-text-look-random?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Byte-level KL divergence can show that visible frequency structure disappeared. It cannot prove that a hash function is secure.

Jun 1 · 6 min read · vishwaksen.hashnode.dev  
Updated Jun 14  
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